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  • Nitroguanidine/Definition
    ...y used in firearms propellant charges to reduce barrel wear; a triple-base propellant combines [[nitroglycerin]], [[nitrocellulose]] and nitroguanidine
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  • Propellant/Related Articles
    ===Solid fuel propellant components===
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  • Materials MASINT/Definition
    ...ding of the propellant, while an analyst of this technique would infer the propellant through analysis of the exhaust
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  • Aerozine 50/Definition
    A storable liquid rocket propellant composed of equal parts of [[hydrazine]] and UDMH; [[hypergolic]] with [[ni
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  • AK-47/Definition
    ...t common [[assault rifle]], firing a 7.62mm bullet, but with reduced-power propellant and larger magazines that comparable battle rifles using the same [[caliber
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  • Rocket-assisted projectile/Definition
    ...unched projectile that does not depend on the initial energy of the cannon propellant, but supplements it with a [[rocket motor]] attached to the [[warhead]]; us
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  • Gunpowder/Definition
    Generically, a [[low explosive]] used as a propellant, now [[smokeless powder]]; the older black powder was used as a warhead fil
    235 bytes (34 words) - 18:46, 21 April 2010
  • Base bleed/Definition
    ...-inducing vacuum that forms there; usually some type of additional burning propellant
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  • Nitrocellulose
    ...opellants; it is plasticized with other ingredients in the multiple bases. Propellant applications are the most common today, although it is also used in some co
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  • Indirect fire
    ...and howitzer rounds, to which all flight energy is imparted by the initial propellant explosion in the weapon's barrel. In this case, the factors include: :*Energy imparted by the propellant
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  • Aerosol
    ...cans, where the liquid to be delivered is pressurized by a gas called a "[[propellant]]". ...propellant; but they are no longer used because it was found the expelled propellant was very damaging to the [[atmosphere]]'s [[ozone layer]].<ref>
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  • Semi-automatic (military)
    ...tely from the propellant. This does allow precise control of the amount of propellant and thus the range of the trajectory, but results in a slower rate of fire.
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  • Propellant
    ...engine conveying monopropellant to a catalyst chamber. In another usage, a propellant is synonymous with fuel, in that it is combined with external air or an int
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  • Primer (ammunition)/Definition
    ...[explosives#primary explosive|primary explosive]] intended to initiate the propellant train of a piece of [[small arms]] or [[artillery]] ammunition, usually tri
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  • Rifle
    ...lled by the expanding gases generated by the combustion of an explosive '''propellant'''. ...ire manual loading before each firing. While modern rifles combine bullet, propellant, and primer into a single fixed '''cartridge''', early weapons separated th
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  • Shahab-3 (missile)
    ...|No Dong technology. The missile is road-mobile and uses a storable liquid propellant. Its payload is at least 1000 kilograms, which is adequate for nuclear warh
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  • SS-1 SCUD
    ...ype and more accurate missiles, even with the same limited range but solid propellant. China, North Korea, Iran, Iraq, and other countries have produced derivati
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  • Pistol
    ...and, in modern pistols, cartridges that contain the initiating explosive, propellant and bullet. Modern firearms also have provisions for bringing unused cartri
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  • Electromagnetic pulse
    :*Explosive and Propellant Driven MHD Generators
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  • Mercury fulminate
    ...to the detonation of a [[explosives|high explosive]] or a explosive-based propellant. While it is powerful and relatively easy to prepare, it has been replaced,
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  • Rocket engine
    ...ght|350px|Figure 1: Showing the flow velocity of the exhaust gas (from the propellant combustion) increasing from slow (green) to fast (red) in a de Laval nozzle ...s to expand and accelerate the [[combustion]] product gases from burning [[propellant]]s so that the gases are exhausted from the nozzle exit at [[supersonic]] [
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  • MGM-52 Lance
    The missile used storable liquid propellant and [[inertial navigation|inertial guidance]]. Its range was 120 km/75 mil
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  • Gunpowder
    ...c term that includes '''black powder''' and '''smokeless powder''') is a [[propellant]] that has been used in [[firearm]]s and [[firework]]s. The [[gas]]es gener *[[single-base propellant]]: [[Nitrocellulose]] and inert ingredients for mechanical properties
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  • RIM-162 ESSM
    *Propulsion: Alliant TechSystems (Hercules) MK-58 solid-propellant rocket motor.
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  • Direct fire
    :*Energy imparted by the gun propellant or rocket motor; there may be gravity-induced drop over long distances
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  • UGM-27 Polaris
    ...UGM-73 Poseidon, there were three versions of the missile. All used solid propellant [[rocket engine]]s, which were a fortuitous development of Navy-funded basi ...w second-stage motor, replacing the nitropolymer fuel with a [[double-base propellant]] that contained [[aluminium]] and ammonium perchlorate. It replaced the je
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  • De Laval nozzle
    * The gas flow is constant (i.e., steady) during the period of the [[propellant]] burn. * 2100 to 3200 m/s (4,700 to 7,200 mph) for [[solid rocket|solid propellant]]s
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  • Bomb
    ...cket engine, or imparted to it externally, as by the rapid combustion of a propellant in an [[artillery]] piece. Destructive devices that are actively propelled
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  • SpaceX
    * Merlin Engine - A medium thrust LOX / Kerosene rocket motor. The propellant, of the Merlin engine, is fed via a single shaft, dual impeller turbo-pump
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  • RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile
    ...M, whose delivery to the fleet began in 1993, is powered by a MK 112 solid-propellant rocket motor. After launch, the passive RF seeker homes on the incoming cru
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  • Ballistic missile
    ...id propellant missiles such as the [[LGM-30 Minuteman]] had a stable solid propellant. Reportedly, it could be launched 32 seconds after receiving a valid order,
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  • Unguided rocket
    ...c kill]] useful against harder targets, such as tanks and bunkers. The new propellant is lower-smoke, which makes it more difficult for ground troops to recogniz
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  • Futures studies
    ...asting study in 1968, were the Hahn-Strasseman point for believing a solid propellant [[submarine-launched ballistic missile]] was feasible. It took considerable
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  • Mortar
    ...indirect fire weapon, often muzzle-loader, firing shells using a gunpowder propellant. Mortars are short-barreled, having barrels with a length 10 or less times
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  • Intercontinental ballistic missile
    ...1967 1,000 Minutemen were operational. Minuteman is a three-stage, solid-propellant, rocket-powered ICBM with a range of approximately 5,500 nautical miles. It ...orth Dakota. The chief contractor is Boeing. The missile uses three solid-propellant rocket motors, built by Thiokol, Aerojet-General and United Technologies Ch
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  • Multiple rocket launcher
    ...The use of rockets, rather than a barrel that has to contain the expanding propellant of cannon, allows the MRL to be quite light in weight.
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  • Viking program
    ...metre|m]] across. The total launch mass was 2328 kg, of which 1445 kg were propellant and attitude control gas. The eight faces of the ring-like structure were 0 ...prevent contamination of the Martian surface. The lander carried 85 kg of propellant at launch, contained in two spherical [[titanium]] tanks mounted on opposit
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  • Safety and survivability of naval vessels
    ...ut the most generally accepted technical explanation is that bags of loose propellant (i.e., smokeless gunpowder) were rammed too quickly into the breech of the ...hile extensive safety measures were used to prevent accidental sparks near propellant, or even more catastrophic turret explosions that extended into the stored
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  • March Definitions
    * [[Double-base propellant/Definition]] * [[Propellant/Definition]]
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  • Materials MASINT
    ...nd the difference, consider that there are multiple ways to understand the propellant of a new enemy weapon. A technical intelligence analyst would work with a c === Ammunition, Explosive, and Rocket Propellant Analysis ===
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  • Mikhail Tukhachevsky
    ...ng a research bureau in 1931. By 1933, they had tested a five-ton liquid propellant [[rocket engine]], but this was not followed into long-range missile develo
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  • March RA
    * [[Double-base propellant/Related Articles]] * [[Propellant/Related Articles]]
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  • March Metadata
    * [[Template:Double-base propellant/Metadata]] * [[Template:Propellant/Metadata]]
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  • N1 rocket
    ...ed much more thrust. Even so, due to the Saturn V's use of liquid hydrogen propellant in its upper stages as opposed to the N1's use of kerosene in all stages, t ...of this, the complex and destructive vibrational modes (which ripped apart propellant lines and turbines) as well as exhaust plume fluid dynamic problems (causin
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  • Jet engine
    |Carries all [[propellant]]s and oxidants on-board, emits jet for propulsion |Needs lots of propellant — very low specific impulse — typically 100-450 seconds. Extreme therma
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  • Apollo Command-Service Module
    ...aft compartment, contained 10 reaction control engines and their related [[propellant]] tanks, fresh water tanks, and the CSM umbilical cables. ...ank. It was the same size as the oxidizer tank and held 3,950 kilograms of propellant. Feed lines connected the tank to the SPS.
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  • Radiofrequency MASINT
    :*Explosive and Propellant Driven MHD Generators
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  • Naval guns and gunnery
    ...envelopes containing conbustibles and were ignited by the explosion of the propellant charge. ...y followed the lead of the French and adopted a nitrocellulose powder as a propellant charge.
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  • Project Mercury
    ...he nuclear warheads they were designed to carry. Little Joe was a [[solid-propellant]] booster designed specially for the Mercury program.
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  • Space debris
    Launch vehicles have traditionally carried extra propellant to ensure the payload reaches its destination. However, this practice often
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  • Apollo program
    ...d on the Moon and would be followed some time later by the manned vehicle. Propellant would be transferred from the automated vehicle to the manned vehicle befor
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  • The Avengers/Catalogs
    | ''Propellant 23''
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  • Measurement and signature intelligence
    ...f the shell. MASINT chemical and spectroscopic sensors could determine its propellant. The two disciplines are complementary: consider that the technical intelli
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  • Neil Armstrong
    ...after the mission showed that at touchdown there were 45 to 50 seconds of propellant burn time left.<ref>See Section "9.8.3 Gaging System Performance" of the fo
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